At a party for Bright Young Things, a “treasure hunt” for attractive yet virtuous people nets Sir Christopher Strong, M.P., and Lady Cynthia Darrington, dashing aviatrix. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Things to Come (1936) William Cameron Menzies, Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Read More »
Born Reckless (1930) Andrew Bennison, John Ford, Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, William Harrigan, Crime, Drama, War
Hoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war. Read More »
Madam Satan (1930) Cecil B. DeMille, Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, Musical, Romance, Comedy
Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband. Read More »
La Femme du boulanger / The Bakers Wife (1938) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin, Comedy, Drama
In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. Read More »
The Man In the Iron Mask (1939) James Whale, Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Adventure, History, Romance
D’Artagnan and the musketeers are the only ones who know of the existence of a twin brother, and Fouquet uses his influence to keep everyone silenced. Read More »
Off the Record (1939) James Flood, Pat O’Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan, Drama
Blondell and O’Brien star as newspaper reporters who inadvertently send Jordan to reform school after they write an expose of the illegal slot-machine racket the boy was a spotter for. Read More »
Shipmates (1931) Harry A. Pollard, Robert Montgomery, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Jordan, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The handsome young seaman John Paul Jones falls in love with Kit Corbin. Kit is the daughter of admiral Ben Corbin. Read More »
Lovers Courageous (1932) Robert Z. Leonard, Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Roland Young, Drama, Romance
Englishman and family black sheep travels the world working odd jobs while dreaming of being a playwright. Read More »
The Bat Whispers (1930) Roland West, Chance Ward, Richard Tucker, Wilson Benge, Crime, Thriller, Horror, Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Despite advance warning to the police, who seal off the area, The Bat, a master criminal, steals a necklace from the safe in the house of a rich socialite. Read More »
Seas Beneath (1931) John Ford, George O’Brien, Marion Lessing, Mona Maris, Action, Drama, War
In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. “Mystery Ship,” sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine. Read More »
The Cherokee Strip (1937) Noel M. Smith, Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Robert Paige, Action, Music, Western
It’s the opening of the Cherokee Strip and Ling Carter has slipped in early and now controls the new town of Big Rock. Read More »
Trailin West (1936) Noel M. Smith, Dick Foran, Paula Stone, Bill Elliott, Western
Sent by President Lincoln to prevent an outlaw band from hampering the war effort, secret agent Red Colton is ambushed and his identity papers stolen Read More »
Treachery Rides the Range (1936) Frank McDonald, Dick Foran, Paula Stone, Craig Reynolds, Music, Western
The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. Read More »
Maria Chapdelaine (1934) Julien Duvivier, Madeleine Renaud, Suzanne Desprès, Gaby Triquet, Drama
A young woman living with her family on the frontier in Quebec, Canada, endures the hardships of isolation and climate, and chooses between three suitors: a trapper, a farmer, and an immigrant from Paris. Read More »